Polanyi's Revenge

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa L. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Economic Theory ◽  
Market Failure ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Rent Seeking ◽  
Global Capitalism ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Seeking Behavior

Since the beginning of the financial crisis of 2008, authors and politicians have regularly reminded us of the duality of crisis and opportunity. For policymakers, administrations, and candidates, crises represent opportunities to implement long-desired reforms, seize the public stage, and reframe old arguments in the light of today's urgency. As the books under review here suggest, crises also represent opportunities for scholars. Arguments that failed to gain traction in the past may now deserve new attention as they help us understand the roots of crisis or how to recover from it. New audiences may be receptive to established arguments, now that other policies have caused us grief and are failing to promote recovery. The public and decision makers could be open to listening to these arguments and their implications, now that crisis has revealed deep vulnerabilities.The three books that form the basis of this review essay represent trenchant critiques of neoliberal economic theory and policies, including such foundational policy assumptions as globalization, deregulation, and reliance on sophisticated financial tools. Their authors, three prominent economists, draw our attention to problems of market failure, such as rampant rent-seeking behavior and externalities. By focusing on entrenched dilemmas that include widening inequality and the compatibility of democracy and globalization, they remind us of the ways in which markets are embedded in social institutions, and how such institutions both respond to markets and shape market outcomes. All bring with them a deep commitment to understanding the functioning of society and how to maintain the benefits of global capitalism while reining in its most destructive implications.

The Analysis of Government Re-Regulation Caused by Externality of Building Energy-Saving

2012 ◽  
Vol 446-449 ◽  
pp. 2267-2271
Author(s):  
Ting Wang ◽  
Qian Li ◽  
Hong Liang Ma
Keyword(s):  
Economic Theory ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Market Failure ◽  
Building Energy ◽  
Rent Seeking ◽  
Game Model ◽  
The Game Theory ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Building Energy Saving ◽  
The Government

In this paper, aiming at the problem of “market failure” in the building energy-saving field, we discuss the principle of externality in this field and analyze how the externality of building energy-saving leads to the rent-seeking behavior of building energy-saving products manufacturers or developers using the economic theory. Based on the Game theory, we analyze the revenue and cost of unproductive activities between building energy-saving regulation department and building energy-saving products manufacturers or developers, how the government supervises and regulates corruption which comes from unproductive activities, and the tripartite game model of the rent-seeking behavior in the domain of energy-saving is built. On the basis of the establishment and solution of the tripartite game model，we put forward effective countermeasures and methods for government re-regulation.

The Economics of Government

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vito Tanzi
Keyword(s):  
Public Finance ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Rent Seeking ◽  
Major Conclusion ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Private Market

This book deals with practical or real life aspects of public finance. It focuses on the growth in the activities of governments, in a world that expects more than in the past from governments. The book focuses on the growing complexity in both the work of the private market and that of the public sector. It stresses that part of the growing complexity is due to the more ambitious role that governments tried to play today, while part is due to choices made by governments, so that complexity may be partly avoidable. This was important in the different pursuit of social welfare by different countries. Complexity has increased opportunities for abuses, for rent seeking, and for mistakes in policies. It may also have increased the attraction of populist policies that claim to offer magical or easy solutions to problems. A major conclusion of the book is that the objective of simplicity in laws and in policies should be given more importance by both economists and governments.

scholarly journals Teaching Science in Today’s Society: The Case of Particle Physics for Primary Schools

Universe ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 169
Author(s):  
Cristina Lazzeroni ◽  
Sandra Malvezzi ◽  
Andrea Quadri
Keyword(s):  
Particle Physics ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Rapid Changes ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Ongoing Project

The rapid changes in science and technology witnessed in recent decades have significantly contributed to the arousal of the awareness by decision-makers and the public as a whole of the need to strengthen the connection between outreach activities of universities and research institutes and the activities of educational institutions, with a central role played by schools. While the relevance of the problem is nowadays unquestioned, no unique and fully satisfactory solution has been identified. In the present paper we would like to contribute to the discussion on the subject by reporting on an ongoing project aimed to teach Particle Physics in primary schools. We will start from the past and currently planned activities in this project in order to establish a broader framework to describe the conditions for the fruitful interplay between researchers and teachers. We will also emphasize some aspects related to the dissemination of outreach materials by research institutions, in order to promote the access and distribution of scientific information in a way suited to the different age of the target students.

scholarly journals Brief Communication: Key papers of 20 years in Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Animesh K. Gain ◽  
Yves Bühler ◽  
Pascal Haegeli ◽  
Daniela Molinari ◽  
Mario Parise ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Hazards ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Earth System ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Major Subject ◽  
20Th Anniversary ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
Twentieth Anniversary

Abstract. To mark the twentieth anniversary of Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS), an interdisciplinary and international journal dedicated to the public discussion and open-access publication of high-quality studies and original research on natural hazards and their consequences, we highlight eleven key publications covering major subject areas of NHESS that stood out within the past 20 years. The selected articles represent excellent scientific contributions in the major areas of natural hazards and risks and helped NHESS to become an exceptionally strong journal representing interdisciplinary areas of natural hazards and risks. At its 20th anniversary, we are proud that NHESS is not only used by scientists to disseminate research results and innovative novel ideas but also by practitioners and decision-makers to present effective solutions and strategies for sustainable disaster risk reduction.

KERETA SINGO BARONG DI KERATON KASEPUHAN CIREBON

CORAK ◽  
2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumino .
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Change ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Context Change ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
Anthropological Perspective ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Art Object ◽  
Cultural Boundaries ◽  
Production And Consumption

This study to look at the changes the meaning of Singo Barong in the context of the past as understood by the public Cirebon in the present. In the time, the train experienced a period of transit which to change the context in which the material or object of art will have meaning. As a result of the frequent occurrence of changes in the context of the meanings are often subject to change. It is an art object in transition, experiencing a change of meaning as a result of changes in context. Change of meaning will evoke an emotional response when crossing cultural boundaries. Reading of documents or artifacts that are relevant necessary to achieve a deeper meaning and detail. Therefore anthropological perspective that links production and consumption of artifacts are not separated from the question of the culture, politics, religion and others. Borrowing the theory of "processual relativism" Svasek will bring an understanding of the art material in a different time and space. At least not with borrowed this theory will be obtained the values ​​behind the train characteristics. By finding the characteristics at a certain time and space will be acquired meaning, then what meaning it will be reviewed and compared. Such way of thinking is more easy to see the socio-cultural change at both the pattern of thought or social institutions Kasepuhan Cirebon palace. Singo Barong train its existence is equivalent to other objects stored in the Museum Kasepuhan Cirebon, such as gamelan, batik cloth, weapons, and so forth. Artifacts have the same weight value when used as a tool in the ritual. But the context has a different meaning, is associated with the constituent. From time to time, the meaning is changed, both in social and cultural areas. Religious meaning at the time of the kings was in power changed the fulfillment of the ritual or ceremonial, then change as the fulfillment of the economy and tourism. Keywords: Train Singo Barong, Svasek, Changes

scholarly journals The reproduction number of COVID-19 and its correlation with public health interventions

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Linka ◽  
Mathias Peirlinck ◽  
Ellen Kuhl
Keyword(s):  
Reproduction Number ◽  
Air Travel ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Time Varying ◽  
Political Decision ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Public Media ◽  
Political Decision Making

AbstractThroughout the past four months, no number has dominated the public media more persistently than the reproduction number of COVID-19. This powerful but simple concept is widely used by the public media, scientists, and political decision makers to explain and justify political strategies to control the COVID-19 pandemic. Here we explore the effectiveness of political interventions using the reproduction number of COVID-19 across Europe. We propose a dynamic SEIR epidemiology model with a time-varying reproduction number, which we identify using machine learning and uncertainty quantification. During the early outbreak, the reproduction number was 4.5±21.4, with maximum values of 6.5 and 5.9 in Spain and France. As of today, it has dropped to 0.7±20.2, with minimum values of 0.4 and 0.3 in Austria and France. We found a strong correlation between passenger air travel and the reproduction number with a time delay of 12.6±22.7 days. Our new dynamic SEIR model provides the flexibility to simulate various outbreak control and exit strategies to inform political decision making and identify safe solutions in the benefit of global health.

The Game Analysis of Rent-Seeking Behavior in the Public Project

2011 ◽  
Vol 94-96 ◽  
pp. 2233-2237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Jiang ◽  
Ying Peng ◽  
Yu Shui Chen
Keyword(s):  
Incomplete Information ◽  
Rent Seeking ◽  
Game Model ◽  
Public Project ◽  
Game Analysis ◽  
Static Game ◽  
The Public ◽  
Seeking Behavior

Rent-seeking behavior in the public project is a problem which the construction administrative departments at all levels always attach great importance to. This paper analyzed the causes and harms of rent-seeking behavior in the public project. At the same time, according to the hypothesis that supervision department can drive its right impartially, this paper established a tripartite incomplete information static game model in the public project, and then analyzed the own rent-seeking behavior of supervision department, and got the specific measures that could reduce rent-seeking behavior.

scholarly journals Formation of the youth’s social memory in the Eurasian integration states-participants

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 482-496
Author(s):  
G. I. Osadchaya ◽  
E. Yu. Kireev ◽  
M. L. Vartanova ◽  
A. A. Chernikova
Keyword(s):  
Generation Y ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Social Memory ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
Politics Of Memory ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Common

In the past thirty years, social memory of the Eurasian youth has been influenced by many actors of the commerative space, who often pursue their own goals in the struggle to legitimize the new political order and their policies of the radical economic transformation. The results of their efforts should be taken into account in the implementation of one of the most important joint projects of the post-Soviet countries - Eurasian integration, because social memory of the youth is the most important resource for its success. The study aims at clarifying and evaluating the mechanisms for preserving information about the past, the peculiarities of the generation Y ideas about the common history and the current stage of the EAEU construction, which are present in the public discourse, and at revealing the relationship between attitudes to the past and to the Eurasian integration, the influence of social memory on the personal worldview, the forms and methods of its reconstruction in the interests of the post-Soviet countries interaction and efficiency of the politics of memory. The formation of social memory is defined as the activity of actors (individuals, groups, organizations, social institutions, communities) aimed at the interpretation of the collective past and common present by the youth of the countries participating in the Eurasian integration. The empirical object of the study - young citizens of the member states and candidates for joining the EAEU (18-38 years old), who live, study or work in Moscow. The article considers the respondents assessments of the contribution of each of the actors to the social memory formation and describes social memory of the generation Y as a set of views, feelings and moods reflecting the perception of the Soviet past and the common present. The authors insist on the purposeful policy of the leaders of the countries, participating in the Eurasian integration, to ensure the reconstruction of the youths social memory and the consolidation of societies.

scholarly journals Fear, Uncertainty, and Dread: Cognitive Heuristics and Cyber Threats

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Alberto Gomez ◽  
Eula Bianca Villar
Keyword(s):  
Decision Makers ◽  
Pearl Harbor ◽  
Macro Level ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Strategic Objectives ◽  
The Public ◽  
Inappropriate Use ◽  
Cyber Threats ◽  
The Past ◽  
Limited Success

Advances in cyber capabilities continue to cause apprehension among the public. With states engaging in cyber operations in pursuit of its perceived strategic utility, it is unsurprising that images of a “Cyber Pearl Harbor” remain appealing. It is crucial to note, however, that the offensive action in cyberspace has only had limited success over the past decade. It is estimated that less than 5% of these have achieved their stated political or strategic objectives. Moreover, only five states are thought to have the capabilities to inflict or threaten substantial damage. Consequently, this raises the question of what accounts for the continued sense of dread in cyberspace. The article posits that this dread results from the inappropriate use of cognitive shortcuts or heuristics. The findings herein suggest that the lack of experience in dealing with cyber operations encourages uncertainty, which motivates decision-makers to base their judgements on pre-existing, and possibly incorrect, conceptions of cyberspace. In response, the article segues into potential solutions that can mitigate unsubstantiated dread towards cyberspace by peering into the role that attributes at the organizational level can play in tempering the position of individuals. The suggested considerations are rooted in the interactions between the micro and macro level processes in forming judgments, sensemaking, and ultimately, mobilizing actions.

The Road to Iraq

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Idrees Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Iraq War ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Road ◽  
Cohesive Group ◽  
Political Agents

The Road to Iraq is an empirical investigation that explains the causes of the Iraq War, identifies its main agents, and demonstrates how the war was sold to decision makers and by decision makers to the public. It shows how a small but ideologically coherent and socially cohesive group of determined political agents used the contingency of 9/11 to outflank a sceptical foreign policy establishment, military brass and intelligence apparatus and provoked a war that has had disastrous consequences.

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